Tuesday, July 10, 2012

South Texas Bird Photography, Part 2

In my last post from my Rio Grande Valley bird photography trip, I featured the Golden-fronted Woodpecker, the Greater Roadrunner, the Groove-billed Ani and the Green Jay. In today's post, I'm sharing a few other fabulous birds I was able to photograph.

Another "life" bird for me was the beautiful Harris' Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus):

And one of my target species, the ever-colorful Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris). The male is certainly the eye-catcher of this species!

And the female, although not as brightly colored, is still a beauty:

But the real fun was watching one of the males bathe!

Another "life" bird was the Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus), sometimes referred to as the "Dessert Cardinal":

And what would it be like without sitting by the waterhole, without the Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) making an appearance?

The Bobwhite male has the white eyebrow and chin, while the female has the buff eyebrow/chin. Next month, I'll share a few more birds from south Texas.

Awesome!!!! I have yet to spy a painted bunting, but I'm determined to do so!!! We had the phyrrhiloxia in our backyard in Tucson, but again....down this far south in Texas along the coast I haven't seen any. This was a special treat for me today!!!

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